Brantley quarterback Andrew Lowery looks to pass against Marion County during the 1A AHSAA Super Six football championship Thursday, Dec. 6, 2012, at Jordan-Hare Stadium in Auburn, Ala. (Julie Bennett/jbennett@AL.com)

AUBURN, Alabama – There was a brief moment between coach and quarterback following Brantley’s win over Marion County in the Class 1A Championship game.

While waiting for the trophy presentation at Auburn’s Jordan-Hare Stadium, coach David Lowery moved from player to player, congratulating each before pausing in front of quarterback Andrew Lowery. Father looked at son and smiled.

Almost imperceptibly, both nodded and David cupped the back of Andrew’s head before continuing down the line.

No excessive emotion, just two competitors acknowledging the achievement of realizing a common goal.

It was the same workman-like approach from Brantley that swamped Marion County as the Bulldogs earned a 33-0 victory. It marked the first time the Red Raiders have been shut out since a 39-0 loss to Lynn in Week 8 of 2006.

“We just came out and put it all on the line,” said Brantley’s Adrian Howard, who led the Bulldogs with 14 tackles. “We played our hearts out.”

Top-ranked Brantley’s defense was superb as it had been all season. They limited third-ranked and defending champion Marion County (13-2) to 173 yards of total offense. The Red Raiders were averaging more than 400 yards a game before Thursday.

“To move in football, you've got to block people,” Red Raiders coach Rusty Funk said. “They were ruling the line of scrimmage with my offensive line, and it's just tough to do things when that's happening.”

The shutout marked Brantley’s 10th of the season, tied for second-best all-time in AHSAA history. Brantley surrendered only 47 points this season, good for a 3.1 per game average.

The Bulldogs (15-0) also completed their second undefeated season in school history, the first coming in 1993, and captured the school’s fourth championship.

The offense, meanwhile, found a gem in wide receiver O.J. Guice, who scored three times and ran nine times for 115 yards. That marked more carries than the junior accumulated throughout the season.

Lowery put in new wrinkles for the game, mostly to take advantage of junior Guice’s talents. His performance earned MVP honors.

Junior Andrew Parker ran 22 times for 111 yards and Lowery tied a Super 6 class record by throwing a pair of touchdown passes, both to Guice – he also tied the Super 6 class record for touchdown receptions.

The 16 seniors were freshmen when the Bulldogs captured the 2009 championship and wanted to end with the second title in four years.

They took an approach that mirrored the method employed by the Lowerys, who keep the father-son relationship as business-like as possible. The group worked, they persevered and they won.

The brief encounter at the end of the game was about as emotional as it gets between the Lowerys.